Los Angeles Kings right wing Dustin Brown, left, and teammate defenseman Drew Doughty celebrate after beating the New York Rangers in overtime in Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final series Friday, June 13, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Kings defenseman Alec Martinez had the puck, Game 5 and the Stanley Cup championship on his stick all at once in the second overtime period Friday at Staples Center. In a nanosecond, he slammed the puck into the back of the New York Rangers’ net.

Bedlam ensued.

Martinez leaped into the air after scoring the Cup-winning goal, tossing his stick after giving the Kings a 3-2 victory over the Rangers. He jumped again, tossing his gloves as the Kings raced to him to celebrate their second championship in three seasons.

“I haven’t been married, I haven’t had kids, so as far as I’m concerned so far it’s the greatest feeling in the world,” Martinez said of scoring his second OT series-winning goal. “The playoffs are a very emotional time. It’s a really revved-up environment.”

Martinez’s strike, at 14 minutes, 43 seconds of the second OT in the longest game in Kings history, capped a comeback from a 2-1 deficit to start the third period. Marian Gaborik tied the score at 2-all at 7:56 of the third, sending a sellout crowd of 18,713 into a frenzy.

The fans hardly used their seats the rest of the way, standing through a scoreless finish to the third period, then through a scoreless first overtime and then deep into a second. Finally, Martinez pounced from the left wing on a rebound of Tyler Toffoli’s shot from the right and scored.

“I’m not sure who was on that side of the net,” Martinez said of the winning goal. “I think Toffoli shot it and went off the right pad. Fortunately, it came right to my stick and I was able to put it in. Great, great play by him. It came out pretty quick.

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“I just tried to put it on net and I blacked out.”

Justin Williams, who scored the Kings’ first goal and led them with two goals and five assists during the Stanley Cup Final, was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the MVP of the playoffs. He scored the OT winner in Game 1 to beat the Rangers.

Chris Kreider (power play) and Brian Boyle (shorthanded) scored in a span of less than four minutes late in the second period to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead. Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist had 48 saves to keep New York in a game the Kings dominated for extended periods.

The chances mounted in overtime, but neither team could score. Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh rang a shot of the right goal post early in the first OT. Toffoli hit the crossbar a few minutes later. Williams couldn’t convert from point-blank range a little later.

“I saw it go off the crossbar,” Toffoli said of his scoring bid in the first OT. “I was hoping it was going in. We had a lot of chances in overtime. We just kept going and ‘Quickie’ made some big saves and we came up huge. I’ve never been a part of something like this.”

Toffoli referred to Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, who made 28 saves. Quick earned the Conn Smythe Trophy for helping to lead the Kings to their first Stanley Cup title in 2012, when they swept through the playoffs with a 16-4 record.

This was a different trek.

“What we went through in 2012 and what we went through this year was totally different,” Williams said. “We have a belief within our room that we’re not going to be denied and we have what it takes. The confidence within our room. ... there’s no doubt right now.”

The Kings began the playoffs by becoming the only fourth team in NHL history to erase a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-7 series when they eliminated the San Jose Sharks in the first round. Then they rallied from 3-2 down to beat the Ducks in the first series between the Southern California rivals.

Williams had a goal and an assist in Game 7 of the Western Conference final, setting up Martinez for the series-clincher in overtime as the Kings eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks in Chicago. That Game 7 win was their third in a row on foreign ice.

“There are no words that can describe what you’re feeling right now,” Williams said. “What we went through this year makes it so much more special. Each Cup is unique, but God we earned this one. We have a team that just simply wasn’t going to be denied.